Nomination petitions shall be in form and content as follows:
(1) 
Nominations shall be by petition specifying the position sought in a form prescribed by the council. Such petition shall be signed by not fewer than 10 electors. The signatures to a nomination petition need not all be appended to one paper, but to each separate paper of the petition shall be attached an affidavit of the circulator thereof, indicating the number of signers of the paper and stating that each signature appended thereto was made in his presence and is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
(2) 
With each signature shall be the signer's place of residence, identified by a street and number or other sufficient description.
(3) 
During any time period in which a state of emergency has been declared within the city by the federal government, the Governor or the city council, a nomination petition may be accompanied by a fee in lieu of the signatures required by subsection (1) of this section. The fee in lieu shall be $25.00 unless a different amount is established through a resolution adopted by the city council.
(Ord. 261-2003; Ord. 367-2020 § 1)
All nomination papers, pursuant to this chapter, comprising a petition shall be assembled and filed with the city administrator or designee as one instrument within the time limitations required by Oregon Revised Statutes for general elections, to wit: ORS 221.180 and any amendments thereto. The city administrator or designee shall make a record of the exact time at which each petition is filed and shall take and preserve the name and address of the person by whom it is filed.
(Ord. 261-2003; Ord. 310-2010 § 1)
If the petition is not signed by the required number of qualified electors, or during a declared state of emergency by a fee in lieu of the required number of signatures, the city administrator or designee shall notify the candidate and the person who filed the petition within five days after the filing. If the petition is insufficient in any other particular, the city administrator or designee shall return it immediately to the person who filed it, certifying in writing wherein the petition is insufficient. Such deficient petition may be amended and filed again as a new petition, or a substitute petition for the same candidate may be filed, within the regular time for filing nomination petitions.
(Ord. 261-2003; Ord. 367-2020 § 1)
The administrator or designee, within three business days after the filing of the petition, shall notify an eligible person of his nomination in writing. The person nominated shall file with the administrator or designee his written acceptance of nomination in such form as the council may require within five days of notification of nomination. Upon receipt of such acceptance of nomination, the administrator or designee shall cause the nominee's name to be printed on the ballots. The petition of nomination for a successful candidate at an election shall be preserved in the office of the administrator or designee until the term of office for which the candidate is elected expires.
(Ord. 261-2003)